Alice Sommacal

Software which writes articles (and, in the future, books) is evolving with astonishing speed. It does not yet have the imagination and creativity of humans of course, but thanks to progress in artificial intelligence it is improving all the time.

Company digitalisation is the best way to re-launch a business after such a long and difficult period of economic downturn, like the one we have recently experienced. Embracing a new, more dynamic and advantageous business model, can really help businesses, including small and medium ones.

The use of AI in fiscal administration and invoicing is giving some encouraging results. Finally, a system has been created which is able to simulate thousands of businesses in parallel and generate optimised solutions, while minimising the social impact.

The air conditioning of trains is a controversial issue which, up until now, has never really focused on aspects such as the energy efficiency of the systems installed or the type of refrigerant used. Priority has always been given to system size, weight, safety and cost.

A company’s reputation and its web security are two features which are very closely linked. That connection is not always obvious from a logical point of view and yet, failures in online protection systems can have a significant effect on brand reputation.

The concept of digital first may be described as a strategy designed to improve one’s business. Digital is now present in every sector and dictates the new rules for all markets. Any company wishing to stay up to date cannot afford not to embrace the current changes.

The multi cloud environment implies the use of a number of public clouds, private clouds or a combination of both. This kind of solution can offer many advantages, especially in the case of companies that must meet stringent targets in terms of calculation capacity, data management and performance levels.

Books for an efficient programmer don’t necessarily need to be thousand page tomes focused entirely on codes; on the contrary, they should provide general information, which can help every programmer create clean script in a logical and functional way.

A BIM can be defined as a kind of dossier storing information about a building. It is neither a product nor software, but rather a digital representation of an object’s physical and functional features. The acronym stands for ‘Building Information Modelling’.

The issue of an e-invoice is mandatory from 1 January 2019. Since then, the legislation has undergone several amendments and updates, the latest of which came into force on 4 May 2020.

In the lockdown period imposed by Covid-19, VPN and Smart-Working were two of the most pronounced words. Those who have experienced working from home have certainly found themselves dealing with the Virtual Private Network: a fundamental solution to allow secure connections during remote work activities.

During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, ICT (Information Communication Technology) has played a crucial role. Thanks to computers, the internet, and all the other infrastructures connected to that sector, Italy has continued to ‘function’ even at the height of lockdown.